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WASHINGTON: Believing that the Gandhian philosophy has not yet lost its relevance, Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao said the Mahatma's message of non-violence 'continue to inspire struggles across the world'. Rao was delivering the 'Mahatma Gandhi-Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Lecture' yesterday at the Howard University here. "The influence of Gandhi has by no means ceased. His political action strategy, the well planned and executed application of non-violence continue to inspire struggles across the world.

NEW DELHI: India's envoy to China Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has been appointed as the next Ambassador to the US and his position in Beijing will be taken by Ashok K Kantha . Both Jaishankar and Kantha are from 1977-batch IFS. Significantly, both appointments come ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to these countries. Singh is leaving for the US on September 25 and is expected to visit China next month. Both the diplomats are expected to take up their respective assignment shortly, Ministry of External Affairs said today.

WASHINGTON: Asserting there is no hostile climate in India either to innovation or to the US-based companies, Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao has said the government has worked hard to balance the rights of patent holders with the urgent need for improved health care. For more than six decades, India has issued only one compulsory license on a compound pharmaceutical, Rao wrote in an op-ed in 'The Hill' newspaper yesterday. "This is hardly evidence of a climate hostile to either innovation or US-based companies.

NEW DELHI: Sujatha Singh, currently envoy to Germany , will be India's next Foreign Secretary following an approval of her appointment by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , ending months of speculation on who will head the foreign service. 59-year-old Singh, a 1976 batch IFS officer, was in close contention for the top job along with India's Ambassador to China S Jaishankar, who is a batch junior to her. His name was doing the rounds because of his excellent service record particularly as envoy to China.

NEW DELHI: Sujata Singh, currently envoy to Germany, will be India's next Foreign Secretary following an approval of her appointment by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , ending months of speculation on who will head the foreign services. 59-year-old Singh, a 1976 batch IFS officer, was a close contender for the top job along with India's Ambassador to China S Jaishankar, who is a batch junior to her.His name was doing the rounds because of his excellent service record particularly as envoy to China.

WASHINGTON: The US pharma industry has expressed concern over deteriorating intellectual property environment in India, alleging that patent rights in the country are unreasonably denied. "PhRMA remains concerned about the deteriorating intellectual property environment in India," Mark Grayson, PhRMA spokesman told . The remarks by PhRMA or Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, representing America's leading biopharmaceutical researchers and biotechnology companies, comes days after the India's Ambassador to the US, Nirupama Rao , wrote to US lawmakers and a Congressional committee held a hearing on the issue.

MALAPPURAM: Education has emerged as a key pillar of the ongoing strategic global partnership between India and the United States, Indian Ambassador to the United States Nirupama Rao said today. There has been considerable progress in expanding the bilateral initiative, specially in the area of community colleges, online education and research and innovation, Rao said while speaking on 'Indo-US Knowledge initiative' as part of the Calicut University's frontier lecture series.

WASHINGTON: Asserting that the Indian Patents Act related to pharmaceutical products is not discriminatory against foreign companies, Indian Ambassador to the United States , Nirupama Rao , offered concerned lawmakers to discuss the issue for the sake of long-term bilateral and strategic partnership between the two countries. "My senior colleagues at the Embassy stand prepared to come and meet with your key officials or your constituents to engage in a friendly and substantive exchange of views so as to promote deeper understanding, and to seek mutually satisfactory solutions, in a spirit of friendship," Rao said in a letter to the US lawmakers.

WASHINGTON: Indian-American legal luminary Sri Srinivasan was on Tuesday sworn in as a judge in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit , the second most powerful court in the United States after the Supreme Court. With this, Chandigarh-born 46-year-old Srinivasan has become the first Indian American judge in the second most powerful court of the country. Described by President Barack Obama as "trailblazer", Srinivasan attributed phenomenal success to his family and the Indian American community.

WASHINGTON: Energy-hungry India, which invested nearly $ 4 billion in US' tight oil and shale gas sectors from 2008 to 2012, has strongly advocated the export of American natural gas to it, saying it presented a "win-win" co-operation opportunity for both nations. "As shale gas has become economically viable to produce, the US has emerged as one of the world's most important gas producing countries," Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao said, while speaking at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)